dallasdan

We live in east Texas and did our passports at the Athens courthouse. My sister in law who lives in Fort Worth came to stay with us to do hers in Athens because there no appointments available in Dallas/Fort Worth area for several months. And this was just last June. By the way we the only people waiting at 7:00 am to get our passports when they opened. Athens is about 70 miles southeast of Dallas.

How is your ankle doing today? Were you able to get an ace bandage in the gift shop?

In Texas they print your picture on the temporary DL. You can use that to board.

Caribbean weather will be great. Just remember the weather at the port maybe drastically different when you return to port. So the first and last sea day might be on the cool side. Not sure where you are leaving from.

If you have drinks on us, you only get the drinks while playing. I always tip $1 per drink even when ordering a water bottle. Once the servers get to know, they may get you a drink when you are not playing. Even if there was a casino bar you cannot use the free drinks at the bar.

Thank you Sid. Although I have no plans to cruise NCL I will be following along.

when you get to the port make sure and carry on your luggage just in case they don't let you board. I have heard. I am surprised your temporary paper license doesn't have your picture. Did you do it online? Texas prints your picture on the temporary license when you renew in person. You may want to go to the dmv office and ask them print you a new temporary license.

Didn't NCL announce a gratuity increase in the last month? So is Carnival just following their competitor?

No you cannot. Carnival assigns VIFP #'s per person. Single cruisers only get credit for 7 days even though they pay double.

In Galveston, they made my DW wait until the casino opened to give her the free drinks everywhere. I had free while playing and it also worked the first day. Others had said the free drinks everywhere worked as soon as they boarded on the first day.

Book the cruise on a courtesy hold. This way you can pick the exact room you want. They will hold the booking for 72 hours. Once booked, then call Carnival and ask them to apply the credits.

How do they handle the time changes. Does the ship change 1 hour each day before you get to Hawaii?

# 296 Can't wait until the party at Sid's

If you have time after your excursion there is a great taco stand on the street right behind walmart. I recommend the Al pastor.

in the search field put in St. Kitts. You will be able to clink on a link that will show all the available sailings from each port.

I am not much of a drinker but those watermelon crush drinks look really good.

My goal in life is to go on a cruise with @MeganGC1983 @sid_9169 @Saint Greg and @Jamman54.

The bartenders would not want to keep service slow, because many people with cheers still tip an additional $1 or $2 per drink.

Someone also mentioned they were putting a big screen in for dive in movies. Can anyone confirm?

He was no fan. Only watched them because they were in the super bowl a couple of years ago.

They are included in the Cheers package. not the soda package.

We had a choice between booking the Jubilee or Vista out of Galveston next year and our group chose Vista because of the Havana Area being so much bigger. We were worried about finding seating and some of our group like to use the pool.

I am not sure about the paid babysitting at night but the kids program starts at age 2.

I thought I had read that Carnival extended the cheers package for all that had purchased.

I don't smoke and rarely drink but I liked hanging out at the casino bar when I wasn't gambling. It was a good mixture of people.